Carl Spitzweg
5th February 1808 – 23th September 1885
Carl Spitzweg was born on 5th of February in 1808 in Unterpfaffenhofen, Bavaria. Although trained as a chemist, he discovered quite early his talent for drawing and his affinity with art. Spitzweg travelled extensively during his lifetime and the impressions formed by his travels greatly influenced his work. Shortly after completing his studies in pharmaceutics in 1832, he visited Italy. It was particularly in the cities of Florence, Rome, and Naples that he discovered the many significant works of Western culture which were to leave a permanent imprint on him.
A severe case of dysentery in 1833 strengthened his resolve to abandon his career as a chemist and he proceeded to commit himself solely to his painting. In June 1835, he became a member of the Munich Art Association and travelled that same year to southern Tirol with the landscape painter Eduard Schleich, the Elder.
In 1839 he completed his first painting entitled ''The Poor Poet'. Although this recurring motif would later be considered his most well-known body of work, the painting was not accepted at this time by the jury of the Munich Art Association.
As regards his graphic production, the first publication in 1844 of his own illustrations in the Munich weekly paper 'Fliegende Blätter' is considered quite significant. His visits to the Industrial Exposition in Paris and the World's Fair exhibition in London in 1851 were his first contact with the Oriental scenes which would begin to inform his work.
To the deserving painter were bestowed numerous honours during the second half of Spitzweg's lifetime: in 1865 the Bavarian Royal Merit Order of St. Michael was conferred upon him, and in 1875 he was named an honorary member of the Academy of Fine Arts.
Carl Spitzweg died on 23th of September in 1885 and was entombed in the historic South Cemetery in Munich.
He leaves behind a body of work dedicated to the townspeople who inhibit his genre scenes, and with acute and pointed, but never ill-natured humour he portrays the everday bourgeois life of his time.
Lit: Siegfried Wichmann, Carl Spitzweg. Verzeichnis der Werke, Gemälde und Aquarelle, Stuttgart: Belser, 2002.
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Image under artist's copyright. | 1078 (Autumn Auctions Pechstein, Hermann Max 1881 Zwickau - 1955 Berlin. Sitting nude. Lithograph on japon. Signed lower right in pencil. Discolouration, traces ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 1113 (Autumn Auctions Derrière Le Miroir Alexander Calder. No. 141. Aimé Maeght Editeur, Paris 1963. With essays by James Jones and Michel Ragon. Eight ... | starting price: 200,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 1174 (Autumn Auctions Bury, Pol 1922 Haine-Saint-Pierre - 2005 Paris. «Guitare». Wood, wire, magnetic tape and electric motor. Verso on label dated ... | |||
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2056 (Autumn Auctions Großer Kowsch Large kovsh. St. Petersburg 1904 - 1908. Silver 84 zolotnik. Assay mark for Alexander Romanov, rubbed maker's ... | ||||
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2753 (Autumn Auctions Russischer Miniaturmaler Russian miniature painter 19th C. Alexander II of Russia. Gouache on ivory. Unsigned. DDDD19. Jh. Alexander II ... | starting price: 300,- EUR | |||
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2911 (Autumn Auctions Thiele, Alexander Born 1924 München. Ducks under a willow. Oil on canvas. Signed lower right. DDDDGeb. 1924 München. Enten ... | ||||
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0099 (Spring Auctions Prunkteller Decorative plate. Russia, probably Alexander I, early 19th c. Painted and gilt porcelain. Seal and impressed Cyrillic ... | ||||
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0925 (Spring Auctions Bedeutende Standuhr Magnificent long case clock. Alexander Winstanly, Wigan circa 1790 - 1814. Mahogany and brass. Eight-day movement, ... | ||||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 1736 (Spring Auctions Akopov, Alexander Born 1979 (?). E Ballet girl. Oil on canvas. Signed in Cyrillic lower right. Verso inscribed. DDDDGeb. 1979 ... | |||
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1926 (Spring Auctions Kobell, Wilhelm Alexander von Umkreis Wilhelm Alexander von Kobell circle 19th c. Bucolic scene. Watercolour and ink on paper. Unsigned. Passepartout. ... | ||||
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0343 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Münchhausen Entwurf Alexander Struck 1946, Ausführung Meissen um 1970. Porzellan, bemalt und goldstaffiert, sowie Holz. Auf ... | ||||
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0454 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Stängelglas Entwurf Alexander Pfohl für Gräflich Schaffgotsch'sche Josephinenhütte, Schreiberhau um 1920. Farbloses, ... | ||||
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0997 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Hochbedeutender Erwin-Lanz-Klappsekretär Erwin Lanz, Berlin 1833. Sandbodenkiefer, Eiche, Mahagoni, furniert, und Bronze, vergoldet. Auf gestuften Sockelfüßen, ... | ||||
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1483 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Heiligenikone Russland Anfang | ||||
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1588 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) 24 Goldmünzen Feingold. Bestehend aus drei 20-Mark-Münzen Karl und Wilhelm II Deutsches Reich 1872, 1900, 1913; 10-Francs-Münze ... | ||||
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2008 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Werner, Anton Alexander von 1843 Frankfurt a.d.O. - 1915 Berlin. Der Lesende. Aquarell. Halbfigurenbildnis eines Mannes mit wallendem schwarzen ... | ||||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2111 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Kuprin, Alexander Wassiljewitsch attr. 1880 Borisoglebsk - 1960 Moskau. Russische Landschaft. Öl/Lw. Blick in eine weite Vorfrühlingslandschaft mit einem ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2112 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Labas Arkadjewitsch, Alexander attr. 1900 Smolensk - 1983 Moskau. Studie einer Stadt am Meer. Gouache. Abstrahierte Darstellung des Blickes über ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2113 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Labas Arkadjewitsch, Alexander attr. 1900 Smolensk - 1983 Moskau. Porträt einer jungen Frau. Bleistift und Kreide. Mit schnellen Strichen umgesetzte ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2114 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Labas Arkadjewitsch, Alexander attr. 1900 Smolensk - 1983 Moskau. Porträt einer jungen Frau. Aquarell. Ausdrucksstarkes Brustbild einer jungen Frau mit ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2115 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Labas Arkadjewitsch, Alexander attr. 1900 Smolensk - 1983 Moskau. Zwei Gegenstücke Doppeldecker. Gouache. Leicht abstrahierte Darstellungen des ... | |||
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2188 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Brendel, Carl Alexander 1877 Weimar - 1945 Frankfurt a. O. «Her Walther von der Vogelweide Swerdes vergaez'dentart'mirleide». ... | ||||
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2251 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Handbuch der römischen Alterthümer Zur vollständigen Kenntnis der Sitten und Gewohnheiten der Römer [...] entworfen von Alexander Adam. Aus dem ... | ||||
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0143 (Spring Auctions 10.–12.06.2010) Seltene Porträttasse Kaiserliche Porzellanmanufaktur, St. Petersburg, Alexander I., Anfang | ||||
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1580 (Spring Auctions 10.–12.06.2010) Weine nicht um mich Mutter Russland 1. Hälfte | ||||
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1697 (Spring Auctions 10.–12.06.2010) Konvolut Münzen 12-tlg. Bestehend aus sieben Münzen D G Max Ios U B D S R I A & EL L L, Patrona Bavariae, 1755, 1758, 1764-1766, 1768; ... | ||||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2134 (Spring Auctions 10.–12.06.2010) Ernst, Max 1891 Brühl b. Köln - 1976 Paris. Öl/Lw. «Venus vue de la terre». Auf schwarz-blauem Grund zwei rechteckige blaue ... | |||
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0137 (Autumn Auctions 26.–28.11.2009) Osterei mit Ansicht der Alexander-Newski-Kirche Kaiserliche Porzellanmanufaktur, St. Petersburg um 1870. Porzellan, glasiert, polychrom bemalt und goldstaffiert. ... |
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